Chapter 22 (Abandoned Disciple of Heavenly Demon)
Episode 22: Kunlun School (1)
Bang!
The sword of the Young Taoist of the Kunlun sect, which seemed ready to stab Mok Ja-gyeong at any moment, was blocked with great ease.
Jang Hoo, Second Disciple of Heavenly Demon, was standing in front of Mok Ja-gyeong, who blocked Taoist’s attack.
The young Taoist’s eyes widened in disbelief as the attack was blocked so easily.
“The Taoist monk of Kunlun has no manners”, saying that, Jang Hoo immediately swung his sword.
Visor!
The Young Taoist monk hurriedly retreated from his sudden attack. But Jang Hoo did not stop and immediately stabbed his sword at the young Taoist monk.
“Stop!”
Sage Heo Woon quickly flew forward and extended his sword. While performing the Kunlun’s proud Yunlong Great Eightfold Form, Sage Heo Woon came between Zhang Hoo and Young Taoist.
Visor!
Jang Hoo frowned as he looked Sage Heo Woon, who appeared suddenly and blocked his sword.
“How about we just put end to this matter?”
“You want to end it like this now? Wasn’t it your disciple one who swung his sword first?”
Despite Sage Heo advised to stop, Jang Hoo wanted to continue.
“It seems he got angry because he thinks Kunlun Sect was insulted.”
“…….”
“He’s still a child, so can’t you just let this go?”
Jang Hoo burst into laughter at Sage Heo Woon’s words.
“This person swung his sword because he felt Kunlun sect was insulted. Then, what about my sect? He insulted our sect, so shouldn’t I also swing my sword?”
“When did I ever insult your sect!” the young Taoist priest, who was pushed back by Jang Hoo’s words, shouted with a look of resentment.
“Can’t you just stay still?” Sage rebuked the Taoist monk.
“But…….”
“Stop!”, scolded Sage Heo. Hearing it, young Taoist closed his mouth with a discontented look on his face.
“Look at me. Don’t you even know what you did?”
“Ugh!”
Sage Heo Woon glared at the Young Taoist monk and sighed. The problem is the words “filthy cult bastards” that the young Taoist shouted before attacking.
They’re not that angry at being called Demon.
The members of the Heavenly Demon Sect are not particularly upset about their martial arts being called Demonic Arts or about people calling them Demons.
Rather, they proudly call themselves Demons or Fiends. But strangely enough, they are very sensitive to the word ‘Cult’.
“You treat The Great Xinlong (Heir of Kunlun Sect), who is supposed to lead Kunlun in the future, as a child who doesn’t know the ways of the world”, Sage Heo Woon frowned at Mok Ja-gyeong’s sudden intrusion.
Taeheo Shinryong (Great Void New Dragon) Sage Heo Woon and Taoist Priest. This refers to a young Taoist who had attacked Mok Ja-gyeong a little while ago and was pushed back.
And as Mok Ja-gyeong said, he was a long-discipled disciple who would lead the Kunlun Sect in the future, and he was also one of the fifteen new dragons of the Orthodox Alliance.
“So, you really want to continue? Can you really deal with all of Kunlun with just that number of people?”
Finally, Sage Heo Woon sighed and asked again. Because he couldn’t be swayed by the Mok Ja-gyeong forever.
“Of course, it would be impossible to deal with Kunlun Sect with all of these people, but wouldn’t it be possible to kill the disciples present here?”
“Hmm!”
And it seemed like Mok Ja-gyeong had no intention of backing down like this.
Soon, a powerful aura flowed out from his body and began to oppress the Kunlun Sect’s disciple. Under that oppressing aura, the Kunlun sect’s Taoist took out their swords, without hesitation.
“Hehehe. So, we should fight in the end?”, said Gye Bu-il, Fourth Disciple of Heavenly Demon Sect laughed as he took out an iron club from his back.
The Taoists flinched at the sight of the huge blunt weapon.
“Then I’ll kill that son of a bitch.”
Jang Hoo smiled fiercely as he looked at The Great Void Dragon, Taoist Haksu. He looked like he attacks, at any moment.
As the atmosphere suddenly became tense, Jin Myeong quietly looked around.
‘Is this how it’s supposed to be?’
‘They suddenly appear and ask where we are going, and then suddenly draw their swords and attack each other.
And then, soon, the atmosphere became such that it seemed like a battle was about to break out.’
Jin Myeong was struggling to understand how this situation suddenly escalated this much.
‘Then I have to fight too, right?’
This is going to be Jin Myeong first true battle. And surprisingly, he didn’t feel nervous.
‘But I have a feeling that, I would be okay. What should I say?’
‘I had a feeling that even if a battle broke out, it wouldn’t be very dangerous. It felt like I want to try it once…’
The Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art he mastered. And the Asura Sword Art.
‘I wanted to see just how effective these would be. How does it feel to use Ashura Sword Form and fight on my own.’
Jin Myeong heart is pounding. So much so that he can hear his heartbeat.
‘Am I scared?’
Jin Myeong’s body was shaking. If he said he had no fear, he would be lying. But along with the fear, there was also excitement.
“Stop!”
The situation where they seemed like they would rush at each other at any moment ended with the shout of Neung Byeok-mun.
“Young Lord, you were being a bit disrespectful.”
“Haha. Are you kidding me?”
Mok Ja-gyeong just laughed at Neung Byeok-mun’s words.
“Sage. As I said before, we are not going to the Central Plains to fight a war.”
“Hmm.”
“If we were planning to advance into the Central Plains, would we have moved like this?”
Sage Heo Woon also thought that was true. If Heavenly Demon Sect were planning to go to war, they wouldn’t have moved with this number of people.
And if they had been planning to move to devise some kind of strategy to advance into the Central Plains, they would not have moved so conspicuously.
‘No, if that’s the case, wouldn’t use these people.’
The elders of the Heavenly Demon Sect would not have put forward their descendent for such a scheme. Anyway, there are plenty of subordinates who can do that kind of work.
“Okay, I understand. I will step down now.”
“Sage!” Taoist Haksu Dojang shouted in disbelief at the words of the Sage.
“Just step back.”
But looking at the sharp eyes of the Sage Heo Woon, he had no choice but to step back.
“Good thinking.”
“Kunlun did not give way because we were afraid of you.”
“If you are not afraid, why were you retreating?” Mok Ja-gyeong shouted. Hearing that, Sage Heo Woon trembled again, since he made decision, he chose to ignore Mok Ja-gyeong.
“If anyone heard this, they would think this was the first time our sect had gone to the Central Plains. There are already many branches there.”
“Ahem!”
In the old days, the Kunlun Sect acted as a gatekeeper to prevent the Heavenly Demon Sect from advancing into the Central Plains, but now there was no need to prevent the Heavenly Demon Sect from advancing into the Central Plains.
In fact, as Mok Ja-gyeong said, there were already many branches of the Heavenly Demon Sect in the Central Plains, which means both Orthodox Alliance and the Unorthodox Alliance accepted their presence.
Of course, there were those who opposed it, but it is true that thanks to it, wars which maybe, caused by the advancement of the Heavenly Demon Sect into the Central Plains disappeared.
“…Please go away.”
Perhaps the Kunlun sect is the only one that is this sensitive to the Heavenly Demon Sect.
To be exact, everyone will be watching the movements of the Heavenly Demon Sect, but it is unlikely that they will openly reveal their hostility like the Kunlun Sect.
“Then let’s meet again later.”
Mok Ja-gyeong smiled and greeted the Taoist monks of the Kunlun sect.
The Taoist priests of the Kunlun sect looked at the group of the Heavenly Demon Sect, but did not attack them or anything.
“You look regretful.”
“I would say it’s a pity?”
Shin Ye-hyang approached Jin Myeong, who had parted ways with the Kunlun sect Taoist priests and was beginning to cross Kunlun Mountain again.
“Yes. It seemed that Young Master Jin greatly regretted not fighting Kunlun.”
“No way. I don’t really like fighting.”
Shin Ye-hyang quietly looked at Jin Myeong. Jin Myeong also quietly watched her with no change in expression.
“Is that so? Well, let’s say that’s the case.”
Shin Ye-hyang nodded.
“But you know what? You were laughing like you were having more fun than you thought.”
Then, as if she had nothing more to say, she started walking forward. Jin Myeong quietly watched her back and then put his hand to his mouth.
‘I was laughing?’
‘But my mouth was as usual. It’s just tightly closed without any changes. She must have seen things wrong.’
Jin Myeong thought that Shin Ye-hyang had seen things wrong.
‘It was as expected, but….’
‘Let’s face it.’
It was true that Jin Myeong was excited at the thought of being able to test his martial arts skills. But it was also equally scary.
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t shake the feeling that Shin Ye-hyang had made a mistake.
‘If my personality hasn’t changed…No matter how much martial arts I had learnt, I am not the type of person to enjoy fighting.’
‘Unless my personality has changed.’
This is the problem. Change of personality. Jin Myeong also had memory of real Jin Myeong.
That is to say, his current personality is becoming increasingly different from when he was living in modern times.
‘Is the personality changing, or is it becoming more like the original guy?’
Jin Myeong didn’t inherited lot of memories, but he still felt like the memories were flowing in and blending into Jin Myeong’s personality.
‘Surely…….’
As soon as Jin Myeong arrived in this world, he killed someone here. If Jin Myeong really had that modern personality, he would not have been able to live so peacefully until now.
Because it is impossible for Jin Myeong, who lived in modern times, to not feel guilty about the murder.
No matter how urgent it was, and no matter how many Jin Myeong tried to kill someone, it still felt natural. He didn’t feel any guilt at all. He was so indifferent, as if he was used to killing.
‘I don’t think it’ll be bad, but…’
Because living in a world like this, things like modern norms are unnecessary.
So, Jin Myeong thought it’s not a bad thing since his personality has changed, at least he’s not bound by such common sense.
But at same time, it felt like Jin Myeong was drifting from his true self.
‘I hope it’s okay. It just, I don’t want to turn into a murderer or something similar.’
Jin Myeong calmed his anxious mind by tapping the sword hanging from his waist.
‘That cleared up a lot of my questions.’
Jin Myeong changed his thoughts to another topic.
‘The party was formed like this to give the young warriors some experience.’
The question Jin Myeong was most curious about has been resolved. But Jin Myeong witnessed something even more interesting than that.
‘He’s a funny person.’
He looked at the back of Commander of Shadow Demon Unit, Neung Byeok-mun who was walking at the very front.
He had a cold expression on his face again. Didn’t say anything unnecessary to anyone. All he’s said so far is, “We’re going to sleep here” and “We’re going to leave.”
‘I didn’t know someone like that existed. He seemed to be trying to somehow prevent the fight against the Kunlun sect. That must all be part of his mission.’
Perhaps he, like others, wanted to fight the Kunlun Sect. Because Martial Artists will feel more comfortable communicating with body than with words that hurt mouth.
However, Neung Byeok-mun would have been worried about what would happen as a result of the battle with the Kunlun faction.
‘Because we might end up fighting the Kunlun Sect, and even the Orthodox Alliance.’
Because if that happens, their mission will be undermined.
Anyway, thanks to that, the Kunlun Sect retreated, and they eventually crossed the Kunlun Mountains and entered the Central Plains.
“We’ll go a little further, and then rest.”
Jin Myeong thought they could rest after crossing the Kunlun Mountains and entering the Central Plains, but the Neung Byeok-mun seemed to have no intention of doing so.
Instead, he quickened his pace.
In the end, they had to move non-stop and head straight towards a place called Seonyeong near Cheonghae Lake.
T.N.
I am getting confused on Location Details. Is someone there who could clarify it.
Also, did you read my blog how was it?